John Freund, CM
Author
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What Can the Indigenous People of the Amazon Teach Us?
The emergence of indigenous peoples in society and in the Church has been recognized by the Latin American Bishops as a new Pentecost, a Kairos, a sacred moment of encounter for all.
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Vincentian Prayer Images: Poor Driven Out by War
Let the image and the quote sink in, and take root. These images might surprise you into prayer at various points in your...
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Flash! Pope Francis says the Bible is a “dangerous book”
The Bible is a dangerous book when it challenges us to walk in the way of Jesus, the Evangelizer of the Poor.
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Speaking the Truth to Power at Any Age
Profiles in courage from the present and the past, young and old.
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Vincentian Prayer Images: Vincent – I Pray That…
For what do we pray?
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Who Shaped… and is Shaping the Church Today?
Every time some idea was proposed at Vatican II which appeared new, I said to myself “Saint Vincent taught us that!” Sr. Guillemin, DC on her experience as an official “auditor” at Vatican II
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Facing a Medical Emergency Alone
Have you ever had a medical emergency after hours?
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Vincentian Prayer Images: Trust
After doing what we can, do we have the trust to lower our nets on the other side of the boat?
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Jesus the Rude Guest
Popes Benedict and Francis call us to imitate God who reached out to us an invited all of us to sit at the table.
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“Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Justice”
“Jesus himself warns us that the path he proposes goes against the flow, even making us challenge society by the way we live and, as a result, becoming a nuisance.”